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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation Dot Estimation |  Facilitation Decision Jam |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats. | When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 45-90 min | 5-20 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 4-12 | 3-20 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | FacilitationOptionsDecision | EstimationEffortRisk | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop |